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George Shearing and Barry Tuckwell Play the Music of Cole Porter

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Released
  
January 1986

Label
  
Concord CC 2010

Release date
  
January 1986

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
1985

Artist
  
George Shearing

Producer
  
Carl Jefferson

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George Shearing & Barry Tuckwell Play the Music of Cole Porter is a 1986 album by the jazz pianist George Shearing and the French horn player Barry Tuckwell of the music of Cole Porter. The pair are accompanied on some tracks by a string quartet.

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Reception

Scott Yanow reviewed the album for Allmusic and wrote that "In general Tuckwell does not improvise but Shearing's arrangements give a jazz feel to all of the performances and make the music accessible (if not really essential) to both classical and jazz listeners".

Track listing

  1. "I Concentrate on You" – 4:58
  2. "Ev'rything I Love" – 2:54
  3. "I've Got You Under My Skin" – 4:43
  4. "Easy to Love" – 2:19
  5. "In the Still of the Night" – 2:45
  6. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" – 4:00
  7. "But in the Morning, No!" – 2:41
  8. "So in Love" – 5:32
  9. "After You, Who?" – 4:27
  10. "All Through the Night" – 3:55
  11. "Do I Love You?" – 5:16
All compositions by Cole Porter

Personnel

  • George Shearing – piano, liner notes, arranger
  • Barry Tuckwell – french horn, liner notes
  • Guildhall String Ensemble
  • Harry Lookofsky, Frederick Buldrini, Lewis Eley, Maura Giannini, Carmel Malin, Joseph Malin, Louann Montesi – violin
  • Seymour Barab, Avron Coleman, Frederick Zlotkin – cello
  • Mike Renzi – conductor
  • John Clayton, Don Thompson – double bass
  • Grady Tate – drums, percussion
  • Ed Trabanco – engineer
  • Carl Jefferson – producer
  • References

    George Shearing & Barry Tuckwell Play the Music of Cole Porter Wikipedia